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Centropyge loriculus

Flame Angelfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Flame Angelfish, Flaming Angelfish; German Feuer-Zwergkaiser; French Poisson-ange Doré

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE GBR - Pitcairn (Ducie), Hawai‘i; n. to Guam; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: S.Group and N.Group. Common. Outer reef-slope, 15-40 metres.; Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Aquarium industry (since 1989).

KEY FEATURES: To 9cm SL.(RM91) [ 10cm - GBR]

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P						P

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
					+++

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Centropyge loriculus (Günther, 1874)
SYNONYMS: Holacanthus loriculus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; POMACANTHIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: Photo outer reef-slope Tikioki N.Sims, confirmed Randall (Sims88). Palmerston: Photo42 (G&S85); Listed (Preston95). Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.160 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 70c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.239 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.355 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 68-11 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 58-14 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM06a, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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